Re: Intel vs AMD x86-64

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Tue Feb 24 2004 - 08:26:55 EST


Hi!

> Sorry for the miscommunication. The page
> http://www.intel.com/technology/64bitextensions/faq.htm says at the
> _bottom_ at least:
>
> Q9: Is it possible to write software that will run on Intel's processors
> with 64-bit extension technology, and AMD's 64-bit capable processors?
> A9: With both companies designing entirely different architectures, the
> question is whether the operating system and software ported to each
> processor will run on the other processor, and the answer is yes in most
> cases.

Could you publish list of differences between amd64 and ia32e?

I probably could took those two 300+ page documents and try to compare
them by hand, but I believe you know already.
Pavel

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